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Sweet almonds are soaked in warm water, giving off a nutty sweet aroma.
I took some ash from the stove, and I felt the dry feeling of firewood extinguished.
Carefully covering her mouth and nose with one hand, Rong Jiao put the ash into the water and stirred it slightly.
Next, wait for the water to cool naturally, then remove the skin of the sweet almonds and wash them with water.
"There was no fire today?" Shen Luli's voice sounded warmly, with a smile: "Rong Jiao, I haven't seen it for half a month, but your feet are good?" ”
"It's all right, thank you Lu Li for this." Rong Jiao turned back in surprise: "You wait first, wait until I peel off the skin of this sweet almond." ”
Shen Lu touched a chair and sat down patiently, patiently waiting for Rong Jiao to finish.
Rong Jiao's slender hands were wet with water, and in a small bowl of porcelain blue, there were white and fat almonds.
"Wipe your hands first." Shen Luli handed over a clean cotton cloth: "This takes almond kernels, but do you want to make almond cheese to eat?" ”
"Yes." Rong Jiao smiled: "You guessed this at a glance, it can be seen that you love to eat." ”
Shen Lu left his head: "Yes, in the past, my mother loved to make this for me to eat - I also knew that peeling almonds should be put into a small mill and ground with clean water." ”
Seeing Rong Jiao nodding, Shen Luli said: "This grinding is a strength work, your foot injury is good, so ask me to do it." ”
Saying that, without waiting for Rong Jiao to speak, Shen Luli rolled up his sleeves, revealing his white but thin and powerful arms.
"That's fine, I'll go and give you a thank you gift." Rong Jiao saw that Shen Luli began to move, and it was not easy to refuse, so she turned her head and took the finished flower dew.
Shen Luli's movements were neat, and Rong Jiao couldn't do it back and forth, and he saw that in the porcelain blue small bowl was apricot white juice.
Seeing Rong Jiaoyuan's open apricot eyes, Shen Luli smiled: "I have already filtered this almond juice, and also built a fire in the stove, and I can put the almond juice in it and cook it in a while." ”
"Thank you Riku." Rong Jiao caught a glimpse of a gray black on Shen Luli's finger, so she picked up a cotton cloth to help him wipe it off.
That action is indescribably familiar and smooth.
Shen Luli was also stunned, and looked down at Rong Jiao to brush off the black for herself.
The cotton cloth is pure white, but it can be held by Rong Jiao's jade fingers, and it is actually slender and white and tender.
Shen Luli has always disliked being close to others.
Even when bathing every day, he didn't want any small eunuchs and palace maids to serve, he should come by himself.
It stands to reason that he should take the cotton cloth in Rong Jiao's hand and wipe it himself.
But Shen Luli just kept staring until he finished wiping, then he closed his gaze and said lowly: "Thank you." ”
Rong Jiao didn't realize that Shen Luli had been staring at her, and after wiping it, she stuffed the small porcelain bottle that Fang Cai took into Shen Luli's hand.
"Look, guess what this is?" Rong Jiao raised her eyebrows, with a small pride of "I know you can't guess".
Shen Luli took it with a smile and looked at it carefully one by one.
On the outside, it looks like an ordinary small white porcelain vase, but there are different patterns painted on it.
There are orange leaves, bergamot and honeysuckle, and two bottles with pine needles and bamboo leaves together.
Rong Jiao nodded the four bottles of Shen Luli and said, "This is yours, and the other two bottles are for my sister who came to help me that day." ”
"By the way, there's another one for you." Rong Jiao held up the glass vial filled with plum and explained the method of brewing dark fragrant soup to Shen Luli.
Shen Luli couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "My favorite drink in summer is dark fragrant soup, and now I don't have to worry about it." ”
Rong Jiao smiled, and urged Shen Luli to look at those small porcelain bottles.
"Is this a perfume made of spices?" Shen Luli opened it and sniffed, and saw that the color and taste were different, but he only felt fresh and natural, which was very pleasant: "But this taste is natural, and it is not at all like incense powder can be mixed." ”
"In your eyes, am I the one who fooled the lifesaver with incense powder?" Rong Jiao snorted lightly, and her slanted glance was faintly coquettish: "These are all the flower dew that I steamed with my own hands, and I can't find such a good one in the entire palace." ”
"What you do with your own hands is naturally the best." Shen Lu smiled, and then withdrew a little smile: "You know about Li Gonggong?" ”
"Got it." Rong Jiao was a little afraid and said, "If I hadn't happened to meet you, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to come back with all my tail." ”
A flash of worry flashed in Shen Luli's eyes: "Those things were just tried by the Criminal Punishment Department, and they have nothing to do with what happened that night." ”
"I know." Rong Jiao smiled toothyly: "No matter what, I have to thank you." ”
After saying that, Rong Jiao turned around and poured almond juice into the pot, constantly stirring and cooking.
While cooking, Rong Jiao explained the usage of steamed flower dew in detail, and said that she was separated from Shen Lu.
"Okay, I remembered it all." Shen Luli looked at the porcelain bottle, and he felt more and more in love.
When I go back, I want to give Sheng Changfu and ask him to mix it in tea every day.
No...... It can't be drunk easily, or he keeps it and hides it well.
Just as Shen Luli was thinking, he suddenly heard a sweet fragrance.
As soon as I looked up, I saw a steaming almond cheese in front of me, and I saw that the color of the almond cheese was lighter than the usual one, and it was poured with a light layer of amber honey, revealing the aroma of jasmine.
After sniffing carefully, Shen Luli said softly: "Smell a little more milk than usual, and add jasmine honey?" ”
Rong Jiao said yes, and then explained: "According to the traditional practice of almond cheese, you should add steamed powder after cooking, and then put rock sugar fine powder. But every time I eat it, I feel that the sweetness is a little abrupt, and it can't melt into the taste of almond cheese. ”
"I thought about it carefully, so I tried to add some milk to add sweetness to the almond cheese, and replaced the original rock sugar powder with a sweeter jasmine honey - originally planned to put locust nectar, but it is not as good as the smell of jasmine."
"Then this new almond cheese, I'll try it." Shen Lu bent away from the phoenix eye, and the small spoon in his hand had already scooped down.
The almond cheese was extremely soft and tender, and Shen Luli didn't have much strength before he felt the small spoon touch the bottom of the bowl.
With a slight thought, a smell of almond milk wafted out.
The amber golden jasmine honey slowly flowed down, "popped" and fell into the bowl, splashing the lustrous honey.
Carefully put this spoonful of almond cheese in your mouth, and Shen Luli was instantly filled with a pleasant sweet aroma.
With a sip of the tip of the tongue, the almond cheese melts on top, and the nutty sweetness of the almonds blends with the fresh and mellow milk aroma of the milk, and finally the sweet and delicious jasmine honey.
Three different layers of sweetness gradually merge with each other to create an unforgettable delicate and mellow fragrance in the mouth.
Just eating it makes people smile.
It is the taste of happiness brought by dessert.
"Very good." Shen Luli pressed his hand that he didn't want to stop: "I can't think of any suggestions for this bowl." ”
Rong Jiao tasted it herself and felt very satisfied: "I also feel very good - when I make it again next time, I will cook the jasmine honey together to see if the taste will be better." ”
Shen Luli nodded and said yes.
Rong Jiao suddenly asked again: "Lu Li, can you drink?"
The courtiers feasted and congratulated, and although he did not like to drink, he also practiced some alcohol to measure out.
I was afraid that Rong Jiao would be displeased if he could drink, so he said: "It's just a little bit of drinking." ”
"I can only drink a little." Rong Jiao said as she turned around and moved out a small wine altar: "Here is lamb wine, drink it and drink sweet wine." ”
Shen Luli's eyes showed a rather surprised look: "It's actually made with meat, but it's the first time I've heard it." ”
Rong Jiao nodded with a smile and talked about the origin of this lamb wine [1].
This recipe is what Chef Lin looked at from the secret wine recipe of the previous dynasty.
In the previous dynasty, it was popular to eat meat, which can be described as meatless, and even stir-fried vegetables and steamed rice must be put into minced meat.
Everything has meat, and the former dynasty set their sights on wine,
Koji, glutinous rice, stewed lamb and greased lamb broth are placed in the wine jar to brew.
Brewed in the moon, you can taste it until summer.
The same is true for pork wine.
Because Empress Dowager Feng loved to use mutton, this mutton wine was used to please Empress Dowager Feng.
Rong Jiao couldn't imagine the taste, but saw that there was a record of the former dynasty on it, saying that the mutton wine "is smooth in the throat, and the mutton brings a fragrant, which makes the wine thick and lubricated" [2].
When she went to get the lamb's wine, she once opened the wine jar and took a look.
I saw a thick layer of mutton fat floating on the surface of the wine, although there was a wine aroma, but it was a strong smell, making people stay away.
This lamb wine is different.
Lambs with fine skin and tender meat without fat are selected, and almonds and some microscopic sugar are put into fermentation, and the brewing time is short, and it can be drunk in only 10 days.
The little ginger that I drank said, it is as delicious as sweet wine.
Poured a small cup for Shen Luli and himself, and Rong Jiao put it away.
This lamb wine is so fragrant, Huang Gonggong must like it.
Shen Luli stared at this small wine glass for a long time.
The liquor is clear, shimmering in the candlelight, with small ripples after circles.
He doesn't like to eat mutton, but this lamb wine does not have the smell of lamb at all, leaving only a little tender aroma of lamb.
After a sip of it, it was indeed as Rong Jiao said, it was a sweet taste of wine.
It also has a unique taste of meat wine.
It is unspeakable, it can only be smacked slowly.
"It's really good." Shen Luli slowly tasted this small cup of lamb wine, and when he spoke, he suddenly realized that Rong Jiao had not spoken.
He raised his head with some concern, but Shen Luli suddenly froze and froze in place.
On the other side of the table, Rong Jiao was looking at her with burning eyes.
Combined with the empty wine glass, Rong Jiao estimated that she had suffocated this cup of lamb wine in two sips.
Looking at the change in the position of the small wine altar, I am afraid that Rong Jiao also added an extra glass for herself.
A thin crimson color climbed up the snow cheeks, and the pink corners of her eyes added a bit of color to Rong Jiao.
Like a hibiscus that originally had buds, it stretched its body delicately, showing the beauty beyond its youth and innocence.
The beauty was drunk, and even her voice was particularly soft and moving.
"Lu Li, you are so good-looking." Rong Jiao laughed happily, tilted her body, and lay on the table.
A pair of water-cut autumn pupils looked at Shen Luli brightly.
Rong Jiao's body had a faint aroma wafting over.
Shen Luli was as if he was blown by the spring breeze, and suddenly fell into a soft situation that had never been felt before, and even his heart and bones became itchy together.
Shen Lu's eyes were deep and fell on the watery red lips.
There is a sweet and fragrant aroma wafting in.
It made his throat sluggish.